Each gang then separates its own cutting by the mark on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large rafts ; in which state they are brought down to the wharves of the proprietors, where they are taken out of the water, and undergo a second process... Notes on Central America - Página 178por E. G. Squier - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1829 - 436 páginas
...surface smooth ; the ends which are frequently split and rent, by being dashed against rocks in the river by the force of the current, are also sawed off, when they are ready for shipping. The average expense of mahogany cutting is usually estimated at 10ÜÍ., Honduras currency, or about 101.... | |
| Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1830 - 554 páginas
...surface smooth; the ends, which are frequently split and rent, by being dashed against rocks in the river by the force of the current, are also sawed off, when they are ready for shipping. The average expense of mahogany cutting is usually estimated at 100/. Honduras currency, or about 701.... | |
| Ephraim George Squier - 1855 - 496 páginas
...to the wharves of the proprietors, where they are taken out of the water, and undergo a second . O process of the axe to make the surface smooth. The...also sawed off, when they are ready for shipping." Tin' wages paid in IVH/o by the English cutters on the eastern coast of Yucatan do riot vary much from... | |
| E. G. SQUIER - 1858 - 800 páginas
...what it really is, the pursuit of industry which has fallen to the lot of the Honduras wood-cutter. " About the end of May the periodical rains again commence....Honduras. A "gang" there is understood to comprehend au captain" and fifty men, divided into thirty first class, ten second class, and ten third class.... | |
| 1861 - 588 páginas
...situation convenient to the mouth of the river. Each gang then separates its own wood by the rcark on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large...also sawed off, when they are ready for shipping. A STATE SECRET. DOCTOR BBNIGKUS was, without contradiction, one of the most learned men of Germany.... | |
| Pictures - 1871 - 272 páginas
...cattle are turned into the pasture, and the trucks, gear, tools, &c., are housed. WAGES IN HONDURAS. Ill The rain now pours down incessantly till about the...class, and ten third class. The captain receives from 30 to 45 dollars per month, and the men 15, 12, and 10 dollars, according to their rank. The hunter... | |
| Robert Brown - 1876 - 362 páginas
...them into large rafts, in which state they are brought down to the wharves of the proprietors, when they are taken out of the water and undergo a second...off, when they are ready for shipping." * The wages of the men engaged in this business in both British Honduras and the republic of the same name are... | |
| Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston - 1846 - 562 páginas
...smooth ; the ends, which frequently get split and rent, by being dashed against rocks in the river by the force of the current, are also sawed off", when they are ready for shipping. The average expense of mahogany cutting is usually estimated at £100 Honduras currency, or about £70... | |
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